Scottish Government FOI Index

22,640releases indexed

40,478attachments found

29.5avg calendar days

8,386partially withheld

2016-06-13oldest in sample

2026-09-02newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,386 unclear 7,405 not held 3,239 released 1,581 already published 700 cost limit 627 clarification 372 withheld 249 transferred 81

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5149 s.20 4430 s.34(1) 3727 s.39(2) 3593 s.30 2994 s.17(1) 2922 s.25(1) 2520 s.10(4) 2060 s.11(2) 1619 s.29(1) 1223 s.2 1222 s.3 958

Timeline

2026-09 1 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312 2026-03 217 2026-02 589

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,312 releases · 27.9 avg days Marine Directorate 978 releases · 29.6 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 961 releases · 30.9 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 737 releases · 39.7 avg days Constitution Directorate 702 releases · 35.9 avg days Population Health Directorate 665 releases · 28.5 avg days People Directorate 657 releases · 25.6 avg days

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7,405 matching releases

Blue Planet Holdings Ltd v Orkney Islands Council: FOI release

The Blue Planet Holdings Ltd v Orkney Islands Council case was a private damages claim brought under section 47A of the Competition Act 1998. Blue Planet Holdings Ltd (BPH), a company involved in waste management, alleged that the Council engaged in anti-competitive behaviour, specifically an abuse of a dominant positi...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence spending s.47A s.5

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500464833
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Diary of Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport: FOI release

Could I please see the diary of appointments for Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, for one straight month of work preferably 2025?

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings spending

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500464718
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Primary school teacher statistics: FOI release

1. How many permanent primary school teachers positions are there in Scottish schools at June 2025? 2. How many qualified primary teachers are currently on supply waiting lists in Scotland? 3. What is the total number of qualified primary teachers on supply waiting lists likely to be at the start of the 2025/26 schoo...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence contracts s.3 s.4 s.6

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500465323
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector

Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) legal services spend: FOI release

1. The number of FTE employees who work in the Scottish Commission on Social Security’s internal legal team, including all lawyers, solicitors, etc. in a) Financial Year 2022/23, b) Financial Year 2023/24, and c) Financial Year 2024/25. 2. The total amount spent by the Scottish Commission on Social Security on interna...

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500468496
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Statistics on Remediable Service Statements (RSS) issued to police officers: FOI release

1. How many officers have been provided their RSS up to the 14th May 2025? 2. How many retired officers are still awaiting their RSS as of 14th May 2025? 3. Which date did automation process of RSS begin? 4. How many complex case RSS (SPPA's terminology) has been manually produced as of 14th May 2025? 5. How many o...

FOI unclear 55 score 17 working days correspondence meetings s.7

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500466237
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Public contracts in relation to digital technology and cyber services: FOI release

Would you be able to provide a list of recent contract awards in the last 12/24 months under these 3 lots, Client name, TCV, contract term and winning supplier?

FOI unclear 75 score 16 working days correspondence contracts 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-17
Reference: FOI/202500466802
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Local Authority ownership of energy in Scotland: FOI release

“The Energy Savings Trust have recently published the latest edition of the Community and Locally Owned Energy in Scotland report covering the figures for 2024: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/report/community-and-locally-owned-energy-in-scotland-2024-report/. Appendix B shows that Local Authority ownership is 198MW ...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500462673
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector

Scottish Government Framework Agreement for print and digital services spend: FOI release

1. The annual spend for each supplier over the Scottish Government Framework Agreement for Lot 1 Print and Digital services from 1 st of April 2024 – 31 st March 2025. 2. The spend for each buyer on the Framework for the same period.

FOI unclear 75 score 14 working days correspondence spending 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500464085
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Remediable Service Statements (RSS) statstics: FOI release

1. What were the “reasonable circumstances” that applied to delaying till 1 July? 2. The 15th April update contained a table of total figures based on member class. Can these figures be split into how many have received their RSS and how many have not per member class. 3. How many individuals have died before receivi...

FOI unclear 55 score 13 working days correspondence spending s.3 s.29(10)

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500464310
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Electronic Procurement Card Review Management Report: FOI release

With reference to the paragraph on page 5 of the Scottish Procurement And Property Directorate - Electronic Procurement Card Review Management Report, published in January 2024, which says: "There were a number of categories of expenditure (e.g. away days/staff development/team building and associated purchase of supp...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence contracts spending s.1

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500463150
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

M8 bus lane statistics: FOI release

You asked for information regarding the M8 bus lane between Edinburgh and Glasgow: Data on the utilization of the M8 bus lane, including the frequency of bus services using the lane over the past few years. Any assessments, reviews, or reports conducted on the effectiveness and impact of the bus lane on traffic flow a...

FOI unclear 55 score 8 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500465135
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Transport

In-house lawyers employed by the Scottish Government: FOI release

For each year from 2015 until the present year, 2025, please may you tell me: 1. How many in-house lawyers the Scottish Government employs. 2. For each year please tell me the overall salary costs. 3. For each year please provide me with a breakdown of salary bandings ie C3 – 2 people, C1 – 4 people.

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.2 s.3 s.17(1)

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500462521
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Scottish Forestry legal action costs: FOI release

1. The total legal costs to Scottish Forestry, in the last year, to deal with any legal action brought against it. 2. Please can you provide a breakdown of the costs in terms of what legal action they relate to.

FOI unclear 50 score 14 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500464460
Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Documents containing the phrase “Full Fiscal Autonomy”: FOI release

This is a follow up request to a previous FOI response. Your ref: 202500459546. The above referenced FOI response identified 6 documents including the phrase “full fiscal autonomy” dated 2021, and one document dated 2022. You asked that we please provide those 7 documents.

FOI unclear 75 score 18 working days correspondence 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500463415
Directorate: Exchequer Strategy Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Social Security Scotland’s translating costs: FOI release

What was the cost to translating Social Security Scotland’s website and benefit information/application forms into each of the following languages? I know the total cost in the financial year 2023/24 was £28,132. I am looking for the breakdown by language? Polish Arabic Romanian Urdu Russian Ukrainian Traditional Chi...

FOI unclear 75 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-16
Reference: FOI/202500463015
Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Remediable Service Statement (RSS) Retired Officer letters: FOI release

Through March 2025, to the deadline, it appears the SPPA’s focus was to prepare and dispatch as many RSS letters to those officers who had suffered no financial detriment. If this is not the case you can furnish me under an FOI request with the breakdown of the number of RSS letters sent during the month of March 2025,...

FOI unclear 50 score 16 working days correspondence

Published: 2025-09-11
Reference: FOI/202500464274
Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Social Security Scotland meeting/training room names: FOI release

Request for information 1: The names assigned to each meeting or training room in Social Security Scotland buildings along with the respective summary text displayed at each room entrance. Request for information 2: The reasons why each individual room name was chosen; e.g. why that particular room name is se...

FOI unclear 75 score 22 working days over deadline correspondence meetings 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-11
Reference: FOI/202500462012
Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector

Procurement processes for the supply of natural gas and electricity: FOI release

Can you please send me outcome of the stringent procurement process used to procure EDF electricity and Total Energies Gas for the Scottish Public Sector and Third sector to buy? A copy of the environmental impact assessment of that procurement? And can you send me the carbon account for the suppliers EDF and Total E...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence contracts s.20

Published: 2025-09-10
Reference: FOI/202500462138
Directorate: Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic: Energy, Public sector

Scottish Government spend on social media graphics: FOI release

The total amount that the Scottish Government has spent on graphics for social media posts (for posting on sites such as Twitter/X, Bluesky, Facebook, and LinkedIn) broken down into a table to reflect every financial year from 2021-22 to date.

FOI unclear 55 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending s.20

Published: 2025-09-10
Reference: FOI/202500461911
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector

Remediable Service Statements (RSS) delay: FOI release

I respectfully submit a request into the issuing of RSS to retired police officers , specifically in relation to the below points. On 15th July 2025, I received an email from SPPA advising me that the issuing of my RSS in relation to retired police officers remedy was to be further delayed beyond 31st July 2025. Firs...

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence spending s.3

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500476747
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission funding: FOI release

Since its establishment, how much funding has been given to the Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission? Please break this down by spend type. E.g. expenses, funding for policy papers, salaries etc.

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500479228
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector

Deputy First Minister call conducted on skype: FOI release

1) In regards to page 33 there is subject of a call with the DFM, was this call conducted on skype? Who was present in this call? What was the purpose of the call? I request all minutes and notes from this call, as well as the entire "main skype chat" of this call. 2) On page 34 the following passage says: "this may ...

FOI unclear 55 score 29 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings s.17(1) s.25(1)

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500461388
Directorate: Propriety and Ethics Directorate
Topic: Public sector, Work and skills

Queries regarding Adult Disability Payment claimants whose primary condition is epilepsy: FOI release

Your request for information 1 The number of Adult Disability Payment claimants where the primary condition is epilepsy, broken down by: a. Local authority in Scotland b. Standard age categories used by Social Security Scotland Your request for information 2: For these claimants, please also provide a breakdown (if...

FOI unclear 80 score 12 working days correspondence spending s.17(1) 2 attachments

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500478277
Directorate
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector

Expenditure and languages required for translation services: FOI release

1. You asked for information on expenditure for translation services for calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date. You requested that the total spent by Scottish Government be aggregated and broken down by function for which the service was carried out. 2. You requested a list of the languages that the Scottis...

FOI unclear 50 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence spending

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500461542
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Funded early learning and childcare: FOI release

I would like to question regarding a response given by John Swinney at 12:09 during FMQ at Holyrood on 24th April 2025 he said... "Families in Scotland benefit from 1140 hours of early learning and childcare for ALL 3 and 4 year olds". Is this true, as various pages across Scottish Government have different ways of de...

FOI unclear 50 score 12 working days correspondence ministers contracts

Published: 2025-09-09
Reference: FOI/202500463148
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Public sector